newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we are following two developments in two major stories. a short time ago in texas, the state house of representatives voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. he is accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. the conservative republican calls the proceedings a politically motivated sham. meanwhile in washington, we re waiting for details on a phone call wrapping up, or may have already wrapped up, between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. the debt ceiling talks have reached a crucial moment of sorts. negotiations are now down to one final sticking point. work requirements for social safety net programs. the white house and republican leaders may have as many as eight days for preventing the u.s. from defaulting on its debts. many predict economic disaster if that happens. we have a reporter at the white house and on capitol hill. manu, what do you think? do you think we ll get some kind of readout from the speaker
over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i often said, our world is at an inflection point where the decisions we make today will determine the course of our world for decades to come. to keep the american people safe, we have to adapt and act quickly. we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies from ai to 3-d printing could fundamentally change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice and i ll also be able to have a leader who is unafraid to speak his mind. as someone who will deliver a message that needs to be hard and will always do the right thing when it s hard. that s the number one quality a president needs in a chairman. that s the
good evening rachel, we have michigan state senator mallory mcmorrow joining us tonight. she s one of the big stars who was merged outside of washington in the democratic party, and we are going to be talking about the garden of evil, later in this program, which is the name of the garden owned by harmless billionaire harlan crow, clarence thomas s best friend. i m gonna have an awful lot to say about what harlan crow says is the one thing he has never done in the garden of evil. i i i, my mind went to some very dark places immediately. and rachel, when you kill your back or the garden of evil [laughter] and hey, rachel. i ve got some bad news today about the canoeing trip we have planned for the summer, with stephen colbert, seth myers, and john oliver down the volga river in russia. it turns out the only john oliver i can go, because all of the rest of you have just been sanctioned by vladimir putin. you are not allowed, a more, to enter russia. i know. i mean,
before the u.s. defaults. not everyone is confident a deal can be reached, with at least one top republican negotiator warning a deal could come together as soon as today or fall apart entirely. what is the mood on capitol hill right now? reporter: good afternoon. the mood is more optimistic than we ve heard in days. negotiators here this morning are saying they think they re closing in on a deal and really it s all about having an agreement on the agreement and hashing out the remaining sticking points, which we re told are on work requirements and spending caps. we heard speaker mccarthy came to the capitol shortly before 10:30 a.m. this morning. he says he feels more confident than he has and they ve made progress, but some sticking points remain. i asked him if he thinks he would be able to get his full conference behind whatever deal they re able to strike, and he said he does think that will happen. he also said he thinks a deal could potentially come together as earl
how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united